Ron Kim (politician)
| Ron Kim | |
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| Secretary of the Majority Conference for the New York State Assembly | |
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Assumed office January 4, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Fred W. Thiele, Jr. |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 40th District |
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Assumed office January 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Grace Meng |
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| Born |
May 2, 1979 South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alison Tan |
| Residence | Flushing, Queens |
| Alma mater |
Hamilton College (B.A.) Baruch College (M.P.A.) |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | Official website |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김태석 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Tae-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim T'aesŏk |
Ronald Tae Sok Kim (born May 2, 1979) is an American politician from New York City. He serves in the New York State Assembly representing the 40th District, which includes portions of Whitestone, Flushing and Murray Hill. First elected in November 2012, Kim became the first and only Korean American ever elected in New York State. Speaker Carl Heastie appointed him as Secretary of the Majority Conference of the New York State Assembly in January 2017.
Kim comes from a Korean American family that moved to Queens when he was 7. He is the only child of Seo Jun Kim and Sun Hee Kim. Raised in Flushing, Kim graduated from the Riverdale Country Day School in 1997, and was captain of the football and track teams. He later earned his Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College, where he continued his football career on the varsity team; he received his Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College of the City University of New York as part of the National Urban Fellows Program.
Kim began his career in public service in then-Councilmember John C. Liu’s office, focusing on quality-of-life issues in the Flushing community. He moved on to become an aide to then-State Assemblyman Mark Weprin. Following his work in Assemblyman Weprin’s office, Kim joined the New York State Department of Buildings, followed by the Department of Small Business Services. In 2004, Kim was accepted into the National Urban Fellows Program, where he was placed in a fellowship advising the Chief Education Office of the Chicago Public Schools, simultaneously earning his Master’s in Public Administration from CUNY-Baruch College.
In 2006, Kim joined the staff of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a Policy Analyst where he focused on legislative issues relating to transportation, infrastructure, and economic development.
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